One person is dead after a motorcycle accident on Hwy 35 near Hwy QQ in Oak Grove Township Saturday Afternoon. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 49yr old Jay Fischer of Fridley, MN and his passenger 49yr old Maren Koscielski of Minnetonka, MN were traveling northbound on Hwy 35 when Fischer lost control of the motorcycle and entered the east ditch. Koscielski was pronounced dead at the scene while Fischer was med flighted to Regions Hospital. That accident remains under investigation.
One
person was injured in a motorcycle vs car accident in Rock Elm
Township on Sunday afternoon. According to the Pierce County
Sheriffs Department, 27yr old Uziel Cerezo of Crystal, MN was
traveling eastbound on Hwy 72 when he failed to negotiate a curve,
drove left of center and struck a westbound car driven by 46yr old
Nicol Brookshaw of Ellsworth. Brookshaw and two passengers were
uninjured while Cerezo was taken to Mayo Hospital in Menomonie. That
accident remains under investigation.
One person was injured in a one vehicle accident in Mondovi Township on Friday night. According to the Buffalo County Sheriffs Department deputies responded to a call of a vehicle crash at S311 Sand Road. The occupants of the home said a vehicle had rolled over and hit the deck of their home. 18Yr old Jacob Parson was the driver of the vehicle and was transported to a landing zone and med flighted to Mayo Eau Clarie. Speed and Alcohol or Drugs appear to be significant causes of the accident that remains under investigation.
Some family members say 28-and-a-half years in prison for killing Elizabeth Price and David Dishneau is not enough. Wayne Price was sentenced for the double killing in Eau Claire County Circuit Court last Friday. Prosecutors told the court the 49-year-old Price shot his sister and her boyfriend to death, then buried their bodies on his property almost three years ago. The prison term is being added on top of the time he was already serving. Lori Price, Wayne and Elizabeth’s sister, says she has submitted evidence that her brother didn’t act alone and other people are involved.
A Polk County Sheriffs deputy pulled over in Barron County in July has been charged in Barron County. According to authorities, 48yr old Anthony Grimm was pulled over after reports of a vehicle going too fast and swerving all over the raod. The Officer smelled intoxicants coming from the vehicle and said Grimm had slurred speech. Grimm refused a breathalyzer and field sobriety testing and told officers he had two guns in the vehicle which officers found. Grimm has been charged with operating a motor under the influence 2nd offense, operating wth prohibited alcohol concentration 2nd offense and two counts of having a firearm while intoxicated. He is currently on administrative leave from the Polk County Sheriffs Department and his next court appearance is August 5th.
Residents of Dunn and Pierce counties have until Oct. 5 to apply for disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration for uncompensated losses from property damaged by the June 28 to Aug. 1 severe storms and flooding. Applicants do not have to wait to settle with their insurance company before applying for a disaster loan. Interest rates are as low as 1.25 percent for homeowners and renters, 2.75 percent for non-profit organizations, and 3 percent for businesses, with terms up to 30 years. There is no cost to apply, and no collateral required for loans of $25,000 or less. If approved, applicants can choose to accept a partial amount, and there is no prepayment penalty. For more information visit disasterload. sba.gov.
Area non-profits have the opportunity to apply for the next round of grants from the Eau Claire Community Foundation. The Foundation has partnered up with the United Way of The Chippewa Valley and the Community Foundation of Chippewa County to review grant applications for those non profits that need funds to cope with the covid-19 pandemic. So far nearly $850,000 in grants have been awarded and for more information, visit the Eau claire Community Foundation website.
Washington County authorities say comments made by a Minnesota House candidate during a protest in Hugo did not violate any felony statutes. Sheriff Dan Starry and County Attorney Pete Orput say John Thompson used "divisive, hurtful and inflammatory rhetoric Saturday outside the home of Minneapolis police union head Bob Kroll. Thompson is accused of using profanity and berating children. Starry and Orput say Thompson also chose to admonish the men and women wearing the sheriff’s office uniform that were present to protect all citizens in this instance. They are reviewing any other possible violations of state law or city ordinance. Thompson has since apologized for his behavior at Saturday's event.
Attorneys for a northwest Missouri man accused of killing two Wisconsin brothers are trying to convince the court to dismiss two of the charges he faces. Garland Nelson of Braymer could get the death penalty if he is found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder. His attorneys are asking the judge to dismiss two counts of abandoning a corpse. Prosecutors say Nelson killed 35-year-old Nicholas Diemel and 24-year-old Justin Diemel of Shawano (SHAW no) County, Wisconsin in July of 2019, then burned their remains and dumped them in locations in Missouri and Nebraska. Nelson’s case is on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.
At a time when the University of Wisconsin-Madison is strapped for cash, it’s still waiting for a big check from Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group. The tech giant building a huge complex in southeastern Wisconsin pledged 100 million dollars to the university to help fund an engineering building on campus and pay for company-related research. So far, less than one percent of the money has been handed over. Foxconn reportedly gave the university 700 thousand dollars in the first year of a five-year agreement but has sent no additional money to Madison. Changes in top leadership at the company may have played a role in slowing things down. Plans for the complex in Mount Pleasant have already been scaled back.
Some students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are taking steps to avoid the rush of move-in week. Starting Sunday, dorms were opened for students using the school’s early dorm drop-off option. It’s available to students from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois. The students are being allowed to drop off their belongings at their dorm rooms before the normal move-in day – that doesn’t happen until the end of this month. School officials say this is one way to reduce the crowds and make it easier to comply with COVID-19 preventive measures.
He didn’t have a concealed carry permit, so a man walking around downtown Madison with a gun in his waistband was arrested Friday. The man’s name hasn’t been released. Police say they got calls telling them about a man with a gun at about 7:35 p-m. They say the suspect had a magazine in his pocket to go with the weapon in his waistband. When it was confirmed that he wasn’t a valid C-C-W permit holder, the weapon was seized and charges were filed.
First
District Congressman Jim Hagedorn says he has fired his chief of
staff for excessive spending. The Minnesota Republican says
Peter Su spent almost 40 percent of his office’s annual expense
allowances in the first three months of the year. About half of
the expenditures went for printing and mailing correspondence – an
estimated 270 thousand dollars. Hagedorn says he became aware
of the issue two months ago and hired outside counsel to perform an
independent review. Hagedorn is currently running for
reelection in a rematch with his 2018 opponent, Democrat Dan Feehan.
The Beloit Parks and Recreation Department says one of its employees has spotted a cougar at Big Hill Park. The observation was posted on Facebook Saturday and the sighting was reported to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. There was a previous cougar sighting five years ago by two workers in the same park. Then, last June Beloit police took a report from a person who said they saw a cougar near a footbridge in the park. The Facebook posting includes instructions from the D-N-R about what to do if you see a cougar or other wild animal nearby.
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